GUWAHATI: Two teachers from Assam are among the 48 recipients of the National Teachers Awards 2026, with eight teachers from the Northeast selected for the prestigious annual honour.
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The Assam awardees are Dr. Manisha Khetrapal, from PM SHRI Kendriya Vidyalaya NFR Rangiya in Rangia, and Rajesh Bordoloi from Jorhat.
President Droupadi Murmu will confer the awards at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on September 5, observed as Teachers’ Day.
The eight awardees from the Northeast are:
> Assam: Dr. Manisha Khetrapal and Rajesh Bordoloi
> Arunachal Pradesh: Yaku Tame
> Manipur: Wanglembam Gobin Singh
> Mizoram: Lalnunmawii
> Nagaland: R Ronald Meru
> Sikkim: Sushma Tamang
> Tripura: Ranjan Debnath
The 48 awardees were selected through a three-stage process at the district, state and national levels by the Department of School Education and Literacy.
This year’s awardees comprise 26 male and 22 female teachers representing 27 States, seven Union Territories and six Central Government organisations.
The National Teachers Awards are presented annually on Teachers’ Day to recognise teachers for their contribution to improving the quality of school education and enriching the lives of students.
Short documentaries highlighting the exemplary work of each awardee will also be screened during the award ceremony.
For the 2026 awards, eligible teachers were invited to submit online self-nominations through the Ministry of Education’s National Teachers Awards portal between June 15 and July 20.